The official Newsletter of the Banyule Cricket Club Volume 1, 2008/09

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2nd October 2008 Web Address: www.banyulecc.com.au Stewie Dew Doing For the Fat Guys Edition

A-Grade will be a key focus for 2008-09 however, we will From the Pres (Marty Phillips) also see the return of a number of older players this year. A lot of these players will be playing in our 3rd grade side and I Yes – Welcome back to cricket and Banyule Cricket Club for would like to thank them for returning to shore up our stocks. season 2008-09. There were a number of weeks last year where we struggled to fill our 4 sides and the return of these guys is a great boost for Your 2008-2009 Committee the club (not to mention bar sales!!) In front of a massive crowd in August we held our 34th Annual General Meeting where we presented the 2007-08 result and I hope all the senior players have a great year both on and off elected the committee for 2008-09. the field.

Your committee and their roles are: Finally, I hope we do four things really well as cricketers in President Marty Phillips 2008-09: Secretary Philip Barnes Treasurer Darren Butterworth o Prepare – do things at training and otherwise that VP – Social Micky Johnson will help you perform on a Saturday VP – Bar/Canteen Scott Butler o Perform – don’t make excuses for not performing Junior Co-ordinator Jed Place and don’t dwell on poor performances – just perform General Committee Daniel Barnes on match day! Jeff Wilson o Play hard – enjoy playing the game of cricket and Brad Bowler play it hard for the 5 hours each week (this is our test Greg Russell cricket) Ryan Hartnett o Celebrate (or commiserate) – get back to the Club Scott Clapton on a Saturday and see how everyone did, get to the social functions and hang about on a Thursday after Seniors training – play some pool or some cards, stir up some Joffa is back again as captain/coach and the club is looking on old fellas! 2008-09 as heralding a new era for A-Grade. Juniors We still have a fantastic core of players in A-Grade – some of After a very successful Junior Registration day we will have the best in the competition. These players are quite capable of 8 junior teams, including 3 development, under 11 teams, this carrying us to the finals off their own back however finals is season. Thanks very much to Jenny and Jed Place for their not good enough – we want to win another A-Grade time registering the players on the day and collecting the Premiership ASAP. registration fees.

So, whilst we still have a great core of A-Grade players, you The Junior Comp teams start on Friday 10th October and the are going to see the club blood a number of young players in development squads will be starting on Wednesday 22nd A-Grade in 08-09. They will not be selected just because they January are young but because we see them playing in our next A- Grade Premiership team. It is hoped that that some of last It is also great to see that we will be, for the first year, running years’ Under 16 premiership side will be part of the group a program for the even younger kids called the In2Cricket who make it to A-Grade in 08-09 along with a number of Program. The program commences with a registration day young players who have played in B, C and D in the last Saturday 11th October at 10.00am at the rooms and the first couple of years. session will be on Saturday 18th October. The program will be run by Brad Bowler with help from Feroze Chowdary and Andrew Parry. Sponsors Corner

Major Sponsors Fantastic news during the winter break with 4 our major We have been lucky enough to retain our main corporate sponsors once again forming a relationship with the Banyule sponsors from last year and we are hoping to add one more Cricket Club. major sponsor before the season starts – STAY TUNED!!!. These are, Becks Bedding, where Alan and David Beck do a Our major corporate sponsors for season 2008-09 are; fantastic job making the best beds in Melbourne.

HOCKING STUART – INVANHOE Hocking Stuart Ivanhoe, where Daniel Sheean and Walter BECK’S BEDDING Ortner do a fantastic job making sure your sale rewards you BRAD FOX FINANCIAL SERVICES with your desired outcome, or your rental property is well MANTELLO HOLDEN managed.

We would encourage Banyule players and their families to use Brad Fox of Brad Fox Financial Services has increased his our sponsors whenever possible and to mention them to others support of the club, so we thank Brad and whilst we are going should the opportunity arise. through volatile times on the market, it is no better time to seek the advice of a professional to make sure not only you are setting yourself up for retirement, you are also adequately WELCOME TO SEASON 2008-09 insured.

MARTY PHILLIPS Also continuing their support of both the junior cricketers is PRESIDENT Mantello Holden, with Craig Bransgrove being a great contact to have when you are looking to upgrade vehicles.

A very recent announcement is the new sponsorship Welcome Back arrangement we have formed with Food and Liquor Express On Time, run by Jim Parthimos, the business is run alongside The Howzat office has moved! Pidgey and Mumbles will now the TOWER Hotel in Hawthorn, and they will be our source be taking over the reigns from the highly successful teaming of alcohol during the year as well as hosting our Presentation of D-lo and Dasha. They have set the bar high, and hopefully Night. This is great news for the club, and as most of us know we can keep the standard high. For those who don’t know, our Mumbles works there and has been instrumental in assisting emails are [email protected] and with the dealings between the club and Hotel. [email protected], so send any Howzat related material through. Being uni students, we are pretty much We are still looking to grow our sponsorship, especially in the always free! player sponsorship department, so please see Daniel Barnes to A few changes to the committee this season, with Johno in discuss the great options we can offer interested businesses. charge of the social functions and Butler stepping up to run the bar and canteen. Please support Marty and the committee this season, if everyone chips in the club will run effortlessly. Special Mentions

Jeff Wilson has been re-appointed senior coach this season, A few special mentions from the off season, apologies to those his second season as coach. Congratulations to Jeff, the pre we miss: season has gone well so far and hopefully you will be able to lead the club to the 4 premierships! As always we are looking • Congratulations to Michael & Kylie Johnson on the for new players so if you know anyone that’s looking for a arrival of Riley.. game please bring them down to training. • Congratulations to Rowdy & Renee McMurray on the arrival of Ryder The joker draw and pool comps will be Thursday night regulars so make sure you get down on Thursday nights for a good night.

There has also been some re-structuring of the Juniors. We now have three age groups (U/17s, U/15s, U/13s) and In2Cricket (U/10s).

The first social event of the year is this Saturday after the game. Come back to the clubrooms after the game for a Welcome Back BBQ from 7pm. Catch up with people you may not have seen at training yet, aswell as get to know some of the new players. Joint winners of the Graeme Renshaw B&F Trophy 08-07

This Week’s Games TBA Presentation Night 1 Day Game to round start the 2008/09 season. No junior games this week. NOTE: GAMES START AT 12:30!! TBA Youngies v Oldies Seniors: @ The Tower A Grade V Heidelberg @ Home B Grade V Heidelberg @ Warringal Park C Grade V Greensborough @ Home Web Site News D Grade V Viewbank @ Banyule Flats The club website is up and running at the following address: www.banyulecc.com.au The HDCA has a new website, containing all results, statistics and fixtures at: http://hdca.vic.cricket.com.au/

Junior News

The juniors will begin next weekend, the 10th of October. The committee would like to thank Geoff Place and his junior committee for all the hard work they have put in to prepare for the season. In particular the club thanks those that have volunteered to coach a junior side for the upcoming season. These are listed below:

Last years A-grade one-day premiers! Team Coaches

U/17 Daniel Barnes Social Calendar U/15 Gold Darren Tindale & Enio Centofanti U/15 Green Luke Entink & Craig Bates The social calendar for this year has been set, please see the U/13 Gold Mark Jones & Dave Veal dates below and mark them in your diary. Social functions are U/13 Green Russell Laws & Joe Sier critical to the survival of our great club. Johnno and the U/11A committee have done their best to ensure there are the right Fraser Neilson, Mark & Corey number and variety of functions. It should be a great social Parrant year ahead, look out for some great initiatives from Johnno U/11B Alex Mulholland, Brad & Lindsay who has already put a lot of time into it. Russell U/11C Michael Harte, Nick Roberts, Peter th 4 October Welcome back BBQ Arandt, Jed Place

13th November 20/20 Sponsor’s Night

22nd November Trivia Night

29th November Past Player’s Day

20th December Christmas Break Up

26th January Double Wicket Day

5th February Lawn Bowls Training The Under 16 Premiership side of 2007/08

Night Club Shirts 28th February End of Year BBQ No real change to prices of clothing this year. Remember, that JOURNEY COMPLETE all senior members will receive a white one day shirt as a part HAWK trainer of 14 years Graeme Renshaw was naturally as of their membership package. jubilant as anyone after the game, but his colleagues knew little of his past deep passion for the Cats. White one day shirt $35 As a 12-year-old at Macleod High School in 1963, it was the Blue club shirt $35 perfect year to be sporting a Geelong jumper with the No. 5 on Baseball Caps $10 the back as his hero, ‘Polly’ Farmer, and the Cats stormed to Traditional Cricket Caps $30 the premiership. The passion was still there in the epic 1989 finale when Hawthorn prevailed by six points, despite another Cat No. 5, Player Sponsorship Gary Ablett, booting nine goals. But since joining the Hawks in 1994, there has been a Player sponsorship forms an integral part of the ability for the transition in allegiance and after the game he was asked when club to provide such fantastic facilities and keep membership he let the Cats go. as such a low level. It is imperative every player makes the “Tonight,” he said with an exultant grin. effort to get a player sponsor this season. This will also see you get a discount on your membership! Separated at birth? Please see Daniel Barnes for the particular information about player sponsorship.

If any past players would like to sponsor a player at the club or form a syndicate, it is a great way to stay involved in the club, please also contact Daniel.

Membership

Welcome back to another season at the BCC. I am pleased to announced the committee has decided not to change the membership prices for this season however their is a slight El Presidente Hairy Garry change to the cost structure, the table below shows what each member is due to pay. This year we have decided to include a playing shirt in the membership package, we have added $25 for each member to cover the majority of this cost the rest will Interview with a WAG be paid for by the club. These match shirts are compulsory for We are introducing a new segment to this years Howzat, all grades to ensure that we give adequate coverage to our getting to know the Wives And Girlfriends of the BCC. There major sponsors. We will be wearing the one shirt for all is a good chance that we will also find out some interesting grades and games this season so you will not need to purchase habits of the boys in the meantime! two separate shirts. Name: Nicole Batchelder The majority of the clubs costs come through in the first Spouse: Andrew 'Spudda' Clapton half of the season so we urge all players to ensure they pay Spouse’s pet name: Spuddy La La (Sooky La La) or their membership as early as possible, to encourage this we Grumblebumskins have again included the penalty system at set dates. If you Favourite Banyule player (other than your spouse): His dad envisage that you will have trouble paying your membership Graham in time please speak to me and we can arrange something. Why: Because he pretends not to love playing every Saturday, Good luck to everyone this season, let's hope we have an but he really does. enjoyable year both on and off the field. Does your banyule boy have… Good Cricketer – Yes, he would give Gilchrist a run for his Darren money Good Bum – Yes, especially when he shakes it like Beyonce Payment by Payment by Payment after Good sense of humour - Normally, unless you beat him at a 22 Nov 08 20 Dec 08 20 Dec 08 game Senior $185 $205 $235 Pretty Eyes - Yes Student/ $115 $135 $165 Manly-Man - Yes Unemployed One thing the boys wouldn’t know about your spouse: He is Social $20 $20 $20 tight ass! HE 'claims' never to have cash on him, so that I have to pay! What is your man’s most feminine trait: He owns his own straightener What is he like after losing a game: He is quiet if it was a big From the Weekend’s Paper game, otherwise he is okay. Who wears the pants: We share, unless he wants to do something I don’t like. Spouses pre-game rituals: He normally gets out of bed pretty The Nearly Award goes to G. Ablett Jnr...Nearly a early, puts in his lunch order for his roll that Graham makes, Brownlow...Nearly a GF winner and Nearly a Norm Smith Medalist tells me he will make about 6 runs and then waits for the JD call. The D*ldo of the Year Award goes to Fev..and not just for his Biggest fib you’ve ever caught him out with: “I got no cash” actually Mad Monday Phallus What is your favourite part of cricket: Winter What would you change about the game of cricket: I would The Sigmund Freud Award goes to for his stop all the changing of the ends, it wastes so much time! psychologically induced suspensions. That’s why the game takes up the whole day! The Victoria Beckham Worst Dressed Award ...Goes to Shane McLintock, back fat is a no no

The AFL’s most prestigious The 'You're So Vain, you actually think this song is about you' Award Joint winners....Buddy Love, who averaged 30 'looking awards at himself on the bigscreen' stats per game and , who decided it would be a good time to talk to everyone on The Britney Spears 'Oops! I did it again' Award goes to Alan GF week. Didak a worthy recipient who, for the second year in a row, has outshone himself. The Malcolm Blight 'easiest goal missed' Award goes to Ben Mckinley The John Daly Award goes to Stewart Dew...proving once again that the FAT MAN can be a winner... The 'Best goal that never was' Award goes to

The Madame Tussaud's Award for 'prolific use of wax' Award The 'Love Love Me Do' Award goes to Richo Richo ... goes to all AFL Footballers... Man....can there be anymore man love for a footballer and not just from the Ferals either. The Nostradamus Award for uncanny foresight.. goes to Cam Mooney who said the Pussy's will be winning it this year for The 'Maybe I should have talked to him first' Award goes themselves not the fans or anyone else.. to.....Joint winners this year...Eddie Everywhere for his vehement but otherwise misguided defence of Didak and The Bonnie & Clyde Award for a troublesome twosome: goes Rohan Connolly for his 'Hirdy is making a comeback' story. to Alan Didak and

The 'Nobody told me there would be days like this' Award.....goes to Dean Bailey after his first two games in charge of the Dees ended up in a combined 199 point loss.

The Sycophant Award .....goes to all Carlton Supporters for their unhealthy and downright weird infatuation with Juddy.

Banyule Cricket Club Sponsors 2007/08 GOLD CORPORATE SPONSORS Contact

Beck’s Bedding 323-329 Bell St, Preston – Ph: 9484 3434 David & Alan Beck www.becksbedding.com.au

Hocking Stuart Ivanhoe Daniel Sheean & 171 Upper Heidelberg Rd – Ph: 9499 5611 Walter Ortner www.hockingstuart.com.au

Brad Fox – Financial Adviser – TFSA Australia Shop 10, 34a Hamilton Street Gisborne Brad Fox Ph: 5428 0123

Food and Liquor Express On Time 686 Burwood Road Hawthorn East Jim Parthimos Ph: 1800267447

Mantello Holden Fawkner: 1263 Sydney Rd – Ph: 9359 1333 Roxburgh Park: 215 Somerton Rd – Craig Bransgrove Ph: 9930 4444 www.mantelloholden.com.au

Banyule Cricket Club Sponsors 2007/08 GOLD PLAYER SPONSORS Player Player/Contact Greville Road Bakery Michael 49 Greville Road Banyule – Ph 9457 5548 Greville Road Fruit Market Wayne & Jenny 37 Greville Road Banyule – 9459 7227 Cugley Ciravola Bordin Pty Ltd – Certified Practising Accountants Ian Cugley 8-10 Flintoff Street Greensborough – 9432 0505